Pia

Pyrénées-Orientales · CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée · INSEE 66141

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pia (INSEE 66141) is in Pyrénées-Orientales (66), part of CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Population 11,615 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 8 % of the 2,114 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.23	25	5.72
Social	0.57	20	11.39
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.4	10	4.02
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE SANDRINE · TROISPOINTSZERO · LE FOURNIL DE PIA · AUX DELICES D'ANA · LES PAINS DE JUMY). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FILLOLS · ESNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

20 × Restaurant (CHUNGA · LA PIAZZA · L'INTRAI-TABLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA CONCORDE). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB F. MITERRAND). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS TORCATIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB F. MITTERAND). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN ROUS). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BASTIEN RIVES, MÉDECIN · VICTOR RAMON-LLIN MAS, MÉDECIN · DAISY RIVES-COUTO, MÉDECIN · ELISA MEDJEBER, MÉDECIN · ODE PEYRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DU PARC · PHARMACIE DE LA SALANQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE JEAN ROUS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BPS PIA). ^[3]

13 × Hairdresser (ROSI COIFFURE · CECILE.S · CELINE COIF'A DOM' · MINGAT MARILYNE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 10 × Restaurant, 4 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	LES GOURMANDISES DE SANDRINE · TROISPOINTSZERO · LE FOURNIL DE PIA · AUX DELICES D'ANA · LES PAINS DE JUMY	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	FILLOLS · ESNA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	20	CHUNGA · LA PIAZZA · L'INTRAI-TABLE	INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 30 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA CONCORDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB F. MITERRAND	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS TORCATIS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB F. MITTERAND	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN ROUS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	BASTIEN RIVES, MÉDECIN · VICTOR RAMON-LLIN MAS, MÉDECIN · DAISY RIVES-COUTO, MÉDECIN · ELISA MEDJEBER, MÉDECIN · ODE PEYRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	2	SELAS PHARMACIE DU PARC · PHARMACIE DE LA SALANQUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE JEAN ROUS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	BPS PIA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	13	ROSI COIFFURE · CECILE.S · CELINE COIF'A DOM' · MINGAT MARILYNE	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,147 2023: 11,615 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,955 (2012) → 11,615 (2023): 46 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,105 (1990) → 11,615 (2023): 182.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,001, of which 2.1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Pia): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pia): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pia): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pia): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pia): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.4

Days at or below 0 °C 8.4▸

Muggy days a summer 15▸

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PERPIGNAN weather station, 3.9 km away at 42 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 15 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PERPIGNAN, 3.9 km away at 42 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 540 mm of rain a year, spread over 53 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PERPIGNAN, 3.9 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66141/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66141/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66141/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 66141/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 66141
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cesson	77	648 km N	11,222	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 22 % · humidity 0 %
Chassieu	69	371 km NE	11,208	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %
Bondoufle	91	654 km N	10,767	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Betton	35	701 km NW	12,964	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %
Ingré	45	582 km N	10,062	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Grigny-sur-Rhône	69	352 km NE	10,030	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grigny-sur-Rhône	69	352 km NE	10,030	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %
Chassieu	69	371 km NE	11,208	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 7 %
Ingré	45	582 km N	10,062	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 28 % · humidity 0 %
Cesson	77	648 km N	11,222	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 22 % · humidity 0 %
Bondoufle	91	654 km N	10,767	49.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 0 %
Betton	35	701 km NW	12,964	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Pia's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rivesaltes	66	4.9 km NW	9,270	68.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Estève	66	7.2 km SW	11,630	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cabestany	66	7.4 km S	10,465	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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